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I FOREWORD 



THIS small book presents for your entertain- 
ment and information the portraits and a 
concise description of forty of those repre- 
sentative men who during the past have 
achieved prominence in various walks of life and whose 
lives belong to the history of Boston. 

It does not purpose to be a complete record, but 
affords merely a glimpse and a thumb-nail history, as 
it w^ere, of those whom the consensus of opinion would 
deem worthy of a place in a Boston Hall of Fame. 
Only those who have spent the greater part of their 
lives in Boston or Greater Boston, or have accomplished 
their work here, have been considered. Where no 
portraits are in existence, monuments have been 
reproduced. 

The State Street Trust Company hopes that you 
will find this brochure worthy of preservation. Thanks 
are due to Mr. Charles F. Read, of the Bostonian 
Society, and to Mr. Charles H. Taylor, Jr., for their 
assistance in the gathering of matter for this book. It is 
presented to you with the compliments of the State 
Street Trust Company. 




Born Derby, England, 
April 12, 1585 



JOHN COTTON 

Clergyman 



Died Boston. 
December 23, 1652 



Rev. John Cotton, the vicar of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, England, for more 
than twenty years, fell under the ban of Archbishop Laud, and fled to New Eng- 
land, arriving here in 1633. He was ordained in the same year as colleague and 
teacher of the church in Boston, and became widely known as a preacher. He 
was deeply versed in the ancient languages, and published many religious works. 
A tablet was placed to his memory in St. Botolph's Church in 1859, chiefly by his 
descendants in New England, and a recumbent statue of him was erected in the 
First Church of Boston a few years ago, also by his descendants. 




Born Groton, EnjiUind, 
January 12, 1587 



JOHN WINTHROP 

Governor of Massachusetts 



Died Boston. 
March 26, 1640 



John Winthrop was made governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company in 
England in 1629, and came to New England in what is now called the Winthrop 
fleet. The colonists of this company, who brought their charier with them, settled 
Boston in 1630, and Winthrop was chosen governor each year until 1634 and for 
several terms in later years. His rule was marked by ability and firmness. A 
man of spotless character and the leading citizen in the colony, he was deeply mourned 
at his death. 




Born England, 
IS9S 



WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 
First Settler in Boston 



Died Rehoboth. R.I.. 
May 26, 167s 



William Blackstone, a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, 
and a clergyman, had been the sole inhabitant of Shawmut for several years, when 
the Winthrop Ctampany settled there in 1630 and gave it the name of Boston. His 
home was on the southerly slope of the eminence we now call Beacon Hill, near the 
present corner of Beacon and Charles Streets. In 1634, desiring to continue a life of 
retirement and study, Blackstone sold his estate and rights in the neck of land 
called Boston to the town authorities, and removed the following year to Rehoboth, 
R.I., where he resided until his death. His grave is located in Cumberland, R.I., 
and a monument has been erected over it to his memory. 




Born Widtord, England, 
August, 1604 



JOHN ELIOT 

Apostle to the Indians 



Died Roxbury. Mass., 
May 20, i6qo 



Rev. John Eliot came to New England in 1631, and was ordained the ne.\t year 
as pastor of the church at Roxbury. He continued in this charge until his death, 
and was venerated by the people of the town as their spiritual leader. He pub- 
lished many sermons and tracts, as was the custom of his time. John Eliot is best 
remembered for his effort to Christianize the Indians near the English settlements 
around Boston and in New England, and he was regarded as one of the most success- 
ful Indian missionaries. To improve their spiritual condition, he even learned their 
language, and published a Bible and grammar in the Indian dialect. The illustration 
is from an old print, but not authentic, as no portrait is in existence. 




Born Southwark, England, 
November 29, 1607 



JOHN HARVARD 

First Benefactor 
of Harvard College 



Died Charlestown, Mass., 
September 14, 1638 



John Harvard, the first benefactor of the college which bears his name, was 
born in England, and was graduated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, in 
1631. He emigrated to New England in 1637, being made a freemanof the Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony in November of that year. He was soon ordained as pastor 
of the church in Charlestown, but died ere he had long filled the ministerial oflice. 
John Harvard left to the college at Cambridge half of his estate and also a library 
of more than three hundred volumes. As a tribute to his memory, the alumni of 
Harvard College erected in 1828 a monument in the ancient burial-place in Charles- 
town where he is interred. 




Born Bishopstoke, England, 
March 28, 1652 



SAMUEL SEWALL 



T>ied Boston, 
January i, 1730 



Jurist 

Samuel Sevvall came to New England from England when a child. He was 
graduated at Harvard College in 167 1, and later studied divinity, but marrying 
the daughter of John Hull, the rich mint-master of Boston, he devoted his future 
life to the public service. He held high office for many years in both the legislative 
and judicial branches of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. While a judge, he 
was relentless in his treatment of the so-called witches, and many of them were given 
their death sentences by him. Afterwards, seeing his awful mistake, before a large 
congregation he confessed his error, and begged the people to pray "that God might 
not visit his sin upon him, his family, or upon the land." Judge Sewall was one of 
the leading citizens of Boston of his time, and is best known to the present genera- 
tion by his published diary, which is a wonderful pen picture of the time in which 
he lived. 




Born Boston, 
February i2, 1663 



COTTON MATHER 

Clergyman 



Died Boston, 
February 13, 1728 



Cotton Mather was so precocious a student that he was graduated with honor 
at Harvard College when he was sixteen years old. He then taught school for several 
years, after which he was ordained to the ministry and became colleague of his father, 
Rev. Increase Mather, then pastor of the "Old North" Church in Boston. He 
remained with this church as colleague and pastor until his death. He was a strong 
believer in witchcraft, and took a leading part in the persecution and trials of the 
so-called witches. His writings, of which perhaps the best known is his "Magnalia," 
comprised nearly four hundred volumes, chiefly of a religious nature. 




Born New Rochelle, N.Y. 
June 20, 1700 



PETER FANEUIL 

Merchant Benefactor 



Died Boston, 
March 3, 1743 



Peter Faneuil, the son of a French Huguenot, became at the age of forty years 
the richest merchant of Boston. It was therefore wholly appropriate that he should 
build for the town of his adoption a market, over which should be a hall for the 
citizens of Boston to assemble in town meeting. The building was dedicated to 
public use as Faneuil Hall, September 10, 1742, and was the meeting-place of the 
patriots preceding and during the Revolution, from which fact it came to be known 
as the Cradle of Liberty. The hall and market are still in daily use. 




Born Boston, 
September 27, 1722 



SAMUEL ADAMS 

Patriot, Governor of 
Massachusetts 



Died Boston, 
October 2, 1803 



Samuel Adams, by his patriotic advocacy of the Hberties of the people in the 
American colorties, came to be known as "Father of the Revolution." He con- 
demned British rule, and was one of the leaders in the events which immediately 
preceded the Revolution. He was a prominent member of the Continental Con- 
gress from 1774 to 1 781, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and e.xerted 
great influence in the councils of his fellow-countrymen. Samuel Adams continued 
in public life after the great conflict was won, and was lieutenant-governor of Mas- 
sachusetts and later governor. His death was the occasion of national mourning. 




Born West Barnstable, Mass., 
February 5, 1725 



JAMES OTIS 
Patriot 



Died Andover. Mass. 
May 23, 1873 



James Otis was graduated at Harvard College in 1743, and became a lawyer, 
practising in Plymouth, Mass., and also in Boston, where he became widely known. 
His public career began in 1761, when in the present old State House he made his 
famous speech against the writs of assistance. He was soon elected to the General 
Court of Massachusetts, and he and Samuel Adams became the leading spirits of 
the patriots in the earlier events which preceded the Revolution. In 1769, as the 
result of a brutal assault by a political enemy, his brilliant mind became weakened, 
and the remainder of his life was spent in retirement. 




Born Boston, 
January i, 1735 



PAUL REVERE 

Patriot 



Died Boston, 
May 10, i8i8 



Paul Revere, who was of French Huguenot descent, was by trade a silversmith, 
engraver, and bell founder, and examples of his work are highly prized to-day by 
those who possess them. One of the best known of his engravings is his picture 
of the Boston Massacre. He became prominent in political events before the Rev- 
olution, and was made famous by his ride with William Dawes on the night of April 
18, 1775, through the Middlesex villages to warn the country folk of the British 
expedition to Concord. Throughout the war he rendered elBcient service to the 
patriot cause. Revere was grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- 
setts from 1794 to 1797 and first president of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics 
Association from 1794 to 1797. 




Born Braintree, Mass., 
October 19, 1735 



JOHN ADAMS 

Second President of the 
United States 



Died Quincy, Mass., 
July 4, 1826 



John Adams, the son of a farmer, having taught school at Worcester and hav- 
ing studied law, soon acquired a reputation as a lawyer in his native town. He was 
counsel for the town of Boston in the opposition to the Stamp Act, and in 1770, 
having removed to that town, was elected to the General Court of Massachusetts. 
From this time he was continuously in public life for more than thirty years. He 
was a member of the Provincial and Continental Congresses and a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. He went to France, Holland, and England on diplo- 
matic missions, and was Vice-President of the United States when George Wash- 
ington was President, and President from 1797 to 1801. At the expiration of his 
term as President he retired to private life. 




Born Quincy, Mass., 
January 12, 1737 



JOHN HANCOCK 

Patriot 



Died Quincy, Mass., 
October 8, 1793 



John Hancock, upon completing his education, entered the counting-room of 
his uncle, Thomas Hancock, a wealthy Boston merchant, and inherited his uncle's 
business and estate when he died in 1764. His Boston residence was the famous 
Hancock House, which stood on Beacon Street until the year 1863, and for many 
years the mansion was the scene of much social and political activity. Becommg 
one of the leaders of the patriots, he was president of the Continental Congress 
in Philadelphia from 1775 to 1777, and as such was the first delegate to sign the 
Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was the first State governor of Massa- 
chusetts from 1780 to 1785, and was also elected annually from 1787 until 1793, 
when he died in office. 




Born Boston, 
July 3, 1737 



JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY 



Painter 



Died London, England, 
September 9, 1815 



John Singleton Copley acquired fame in his native town while yet a young man, 
and painted many portraits of Bostonians of prominence, notably those of John 
Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. In 1774 he went to Italy to pursue 
his studies, and two years later became a permanent resident of London, England. 
He was befriended there by Benjamin West, R.A., the American painter, whose 
influence was of great assistance to him. Copley was renowned for his historical 
paintings and his portraits of eminent men. He was made a Royal Academician 
in 1789. His son, John Singleton Copley, became Lord Lyndhurst, and was twice 
Lord Chancellor of England. Copley is commemorated in his native place by the 
square which bears his name. 




Born Roxbury, Mass., 
June II, 1741 



JOSEPH WARREN 
Physician, Patriot 



Killed at Bunker Hill, 
June 17, 1775 



Joseph Warren, after his graduation at Harvard College in 1759, studied medi- 
cine, and at the opening of the Revolutionary War had attained to prominence as 
a physician. He entered with zeal into the political events which preceded the 
Revolution, and filled ofHices of trust and responsibility. Dr. Warren was appointed 
a major-general on June 14, 1775, by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts. 
Three days later he was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, at the time when the first 
real battle showed the colonists that a bloody struggle with the mother country was 
inevitable. 




Born Boston, 
August 8, 1763 



CHARLES BULFINCH 

Architect 



Died Boston, 
April 15, 1844 



Charles Bulfinch, after graduating at Harvard College in 1781, developed a love 
for architecture, which was further stimulated by study in Europe whither he went 
in 1785. Returning to Boston in 1787, he at once engaged in the practice of his pro- 
fession, and during a long career designed very many of the public buildings erected 
in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Prominent among these in Boston are the State 
House, the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the State Prison, all still standing, 
and the first Boston Theatre and the first Roman Catholic Cathedral, now both 
demolished. Bulfinch resided in Washington, D.C., from 1818 to 1830 as the archi- 
tect of the United States Capitol. He was also prominent in civic affairs in Boston, 
serving as selectman from 1789 to 1793 and as chairman of the board from 1797 to 
1818, during which time the town made such progress that he has been called The 
Great Selectman. 




JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 

Sixth President of the Died Washington, pc, 

Born Braintree, Mass., oialu 

July II, 1767 Un)ted btates 



February 23, 1848 



John Qui^cy Adam» was 8-dua.cd from Harvard gllege^n. 787^^^^^^^^^ 
MriachuseTts, 'and wal known as "The Old Man Uoquent. 




JEAN LEFEBVRE DE CHEVERUS 

Born Mayenne, France, First Roman Catholic Bishop Died Bordeaux. France, 



January 28, 1768 



of Boston 



July ig, 1836 



Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, who was born of a distinguished famil}', was edu- 
cated in his native city and in Paris, France. He was ordained in Paris just before 
the French Revolution, but left his native land on account of existing disorder there. 
After a residence in London, England, he came to Boston in 1796, and, with Rev. 
Father Martignon, ministered to the spiritual needs of the Catholic congregation 
in that town. During his residence in Boston he was beloved by Protestants and 
Catholics alike, and the former contributed largely for the cathedral erected iri 
1803. He was made first Roman Catholic bishop of Boston in 1808. Recalled to 
France, Bishop Cheverus was made bishop of Montauban in 1823, archbishop of 
Bordeaux in 1826, and cardinal in 1836. 




Born Boston, 
February 4, 1772 



JOSIAH QUINCY 

Mayor of Boston, 
President of Harvard University 



Died Quincy, Mass., 
July I, 1864 



Josiah Quincy was graduated at Harvard College in 1790- He then studied law, 
and began practice as a lawyer in Boston in 1703. He became prominent in public 
life, and was a State senator of Massachusetts and a member of Congress for four 
terms. He was Mayor of Boston from 1823 to 1829, and gave his native city an 
administration so progressive that he has been called The Great Mayor. He was 
president of Harvard University from 1829 to 1845, and there also rendered executive 
service to his Alma Mater that greatly increased her prosperity. 




Born Salem, Mass., 
March 26, 1773 



NATHANIEL BOWDITCH 

Navigator, Astronomer 



Died Boston, Mass., 
March 16, i8j8 



Nathaniel Bowditch left school while he was yet a child, and was later an ap- 
prentice until he became of age. He then went to sea for nine years, becoming 
both captain and supercargo of the ship "Putnam" in his last voyage in 1802. 
From 1804 to 1823 he was president of the Esse.x Fire and Marine Company of 
Salem, and then removed to Boston, having become actuary of the Massachusetts 
Hospital Life Insurance Company of that city. He remained with this company 
until his death. Although self-taught, he so mastered mathematics that he published 
"The Practical Mariner," but his great work is his "Commentarj'" on the "Me- 
canique Celeste" of Laplace, the celebrated astronomer and mathematician. He 
was a member of many learned societies in the United States and Europe. 




Born Marblehead, Mass., 
September i8, 1779 



JOSEPH STORY 

Jurist 



Died Cambridge, Mass. 
September 10, 1845 



Joseph Story was graduated at Harvard College in 1798. He then studied law, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1801. He first practised his profession in Salem, 
Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature and speaker of the 
House of Representatives in 181 1. He was also a member of Congress and a delegate 
to the State Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts in 1820. In 181 1 he was 
appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and in 18 2q Dane 
Professor of Law at Harvard University, holding both offices until his death. Jus- 
tice Story attained to eminence as a lawyer. His "Commentaries" is a standard 
work on the Constitution. 




Born Newport, R.I., 
April 7, 1780 



WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING 

Clergyman 



Died Bennington, Vt. , 
October 2, 1842 



William Ellery Channins, after his graduation at Harvard College in 1798, 
was a teacher, and later studied theology. In 1803 he became the pastor of the 
Federal Street Congregational Church in Boston, and remained in this pastorate, 
though enfeebled in health, until 1840. During the great religious movemeiit 
early in the nineteenth century, he was the leader of the Unitarian side, and his 
influence is a power to-day in the church of that denomination in the United States. 
He published many books, both religious and miscellaneous, being much interested 
in reform movements. A statue of William Ellery Channing is placed opposite 
the Arlington Street Church. 




Born Salisbury, N.H., 
January i8, i; 



DANIEL WEBSTER 

Statesman 



Died Marshfield, Mass., 
October 24, 1852 



Daniel Webster, after graduating at Dartmouth College in 1801, taught school, 
and then studied law in Boston, being admitted to the bar in 1805. He soon won 
success as a lawyer in New Hampshire, his most famous case bemg the Dartmouth 
College case In 1813, being elected a member of Congress, he began a career by 
which he became the foremost public man of his time, and was kept almost con- 
tinuously in public office. Removing to Boston in 1816, he was agam elected to 
Congress was United States senator from Massachusetts, and Secretary of State 
of the United States in the administrations of Presidents Harrison and Fillmore. 
He was also an unsuccessful aspirant for the Presidency. Webster delivered count- 
less orations and addresses, his greatest efTort being his Reply to Hayne in 1S30, and 
his fame as a statesman and orator has never been surpassed in the United Mates. 
He was devoted to agriculture, and died at his farm in Marshfield, lamented by the 
nation. 




Born Groton, Mass., 
December i6, 1792 



ABBOTT LAWRENCE 

Merchant, Minister to England 



Died Boston, 

August i8, 1855 



Abbott Lawrence, after being educated at Groton Academy, entered mercan- 
tile life in the store of his brother, Amos Lawrence, in Boston. He became a 
partner with his brother in the firm of A. & A. Lawrence, importers, and 
amassing a fortune in this business, entered pubh'c life, for which he was eminently 
fitted. He served two terms in Congress and was United States minister to 
England from 1849 to 1852. Abbott Lawrence founded the Lawrence Scientific 
School at Harvard University, giving it an endowment of one hundred thousand 
dollars, and he was widely known and respected for his many benefactions. 




Born Dorchester, Mass. 
April II, I7Q4 



EDWARD EVERETT 

Statesman 



Died Boston, 
January 15, 1865 



Edward Everett, a graduate of Harvard College in 1811, after being pastor of 
the Brattle Street Church, Boston, and Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard 
College, early entered upon a public career which gave him great distinction. He 
filled many positions of trust and dignity, among which were the governorship of 
Massachusetts and the presidency of Harvard University. He was also a senator 
from Massachusetts and Secretary of State of the United States. He was widely 
known as an orator, and his published addresses are models of eloquence. He de- 
livered the oration at the time that President Lincoln made his celebrated Gettys- 
burg address, and, when he died, Lincoln issued a proclamation announcing his death 
to the nation. 




WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT 



Born Salem, Mass., 
May 4, 1796 



Historian 



Died Boston, 
January 28, 185Q 



William Hickling Prescott, receiving an injury to an eye while a student in 
Harvard College, determined to devote his life to a literary rather than a professional 
career. As a result of his injury, he was obliged to have assistance in his literary 
work during his entire life. Prescott wrote the "Conquest of Mexico," the "Con- 
quest of Peru," the "History of Philip II. of Spain," and other works of great 
literary merit, and his writings were translated into the French, Spanish, Dutch, 
and Italian languages. He was also honored by membership in many learned 
societies in the United States and Europe. 




Ijorn Essex, Mass., 
October i, 1799 



RUFUS CHOATE 

Statesman 



Died Halifax, N.S., 
July 15, 1859 



Rufus Choate studied law after his graduation at Dartmouth College in iSiq 
and practised his profession for about ten years in Danvers, Mass. He removed 
to Boston in 1834, and there gained the highest reputation as a lawyer. Entering 
public life, he was a representative and senator in the State government of Massa- 
chusetts, a member of Congress and United States senator from Massachusetts 
from 1 84 1 to 1845, succeeding Daniel Webster, who had been made Secretary of 
State of the United States. Rufus Choate's skill as a lawyer and his power and 
grace of oratory gave him a fame which has been rarely equalled in Massachusetts. 




Born Boston, 
November lo, 1801 



SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE 

Benefactor of the Blind 



Died Boston, 
January 9, 1876 



Samuel Gridley Howe was graduated at Brown University in 182 1, and then 
studied medicine, but did not practise that profession, as his activities through a 
long life were devoted to philanthropic movements. He was actively engaged from 
1821 to 1827 in the struggle for independence in Greece, residing in that country 
for several years, and was subject to arrest in Prussia in 1832 for aiding the Polish 
army then in that country. Dr. Howe was actively interested in the anti-slavery 
movement in Massachusetts, but his enduring monument is his work for the welfme 
of the blind, and their present rational treatment is largely the result of his labors 
both in this country and in Europe. In 1832 he organized the Perkins Institution 
for the Blind in Boston, and he was connected with it for the remainder of his life. 




Born Newburyport, Mass., 
December 12, 1804 



WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON 

Anti-slavery Leader 



Died Boston, 
May 24, 1879 



William Lloyd Garrison learned the printer's trade while with the Newbury- 
port Herald and at the same time wrote for its columns. He was then connected 
for several years with a newspaper which strongly advocated temperance and the 
abolition of slavery. Having become the champion of the anti-slavery movement, 
in 183 1 he established in Boston the Liberator for the free expression of his unpop- 
ular views. Garrison only escaped bodily harm from a mob in Boston in 1835 bj' 
being rescued by friends and placed for safe keeping in the city jail. In 1868 he 
was presented with a generous gift of money as a national tribute to his great work 
in the abolition of slavery. He was the founder of the American Anti-slavery 
Society in 1832, and its president from 1843 to 1865. 




Horn Portland, Me., 
February 27, 1807 



HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 

-T) _4. Died Cambridge, Mass., 

-I Oet March 24, 1882 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a graduate of Bowdoin College in 1825. 
He then studied law with his father, but decided to devote his life to literature. He 
became Professor of Modern Literature and Languages at Bowdoin College, and later 
filled the same professorship at Harvard College for many years. Longfellow 
began to write verse at an early age, and the numberless poems which he wrote, all 
of the loftiest sentiment, made him the most popular and beloved of American poets; 
and many editions of his poetical and prose works have been published in the United 
States and England. His best known longer poems are "Evangeline" and I," Hia- 
watha," and his translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy." Professor Longfellow's 
home in Cambridge was the celebrated Craigie House, which was the headquarters 
of General Washington during the Revolutionary War. 




OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 

""^ AugutlJ'sop'"' Physician and Author 



Died Boston, 
October 7, 1894 



Oliver Wendell Holmes was graduated at Harvard College in the famous class 
of 1829, and then began the study of law, but soon decided to study medicine. He 
became better known, however, as a professor of anatomy and phjsiology at Dart- 
mouth and Harvard Colleges than as a practicing physician. Dr. Holmes is best 
known to fame as a writer of poetry and prose. He began his literary work while 
yet a student at college, and throughout his long life wrote many poems, some of 
which sparkle with humor and some in a more serious vein. His prose works also 
fill several volumes, the best known being his "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." 




Born Lexington, Mass. 
August 24, 1810 



THEODORE PARKER 

Clergyman 



Died Florence, Italy. 
May 10, i860 



Theodore Parker was a student at Harvard College, but was not a graduate of 
that institution. He studied theology, and was installed as pastor of the Second 
Unitarian Church in West Roxbury in 1837. In 1846 he established an organiza- 
tion at Boston known as the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society, and his preach- 
ing, especially in the Music Hall from 1852 to 185Q, attracted great numbers of 
people who admired his radical theology. He was pastor of the society until his 
death. Theodore Parker was deeply interested in the causes of temperance and 
the abolition of slavery, and was also known as a lecturer. Much of his literary 
work has been published. 




Born Boston, 
January 6, 1811 



CHARLES SUMNER 

Statesman 



Died Washington. D.C. 
March 11, 1874 



Charles Sumner was graduated at Harvard College in 1830 and at the Harvard 
Law School in 1834. He then practised his profession in Boston and also lectured 
at the Law School in Cambridge. Entering public life, he was elected in 1851, 
despite great opposition, United States senator from Massachusetts, succeeding 
Daniel Webster in that ofhce. Although incapacitated for several years, as the 
result of a brutal assault on the floor of the Senate by Brooks, he remained a senator 
until his death, and was one of the leaders of that august body, holding throughout 
the Civil War the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He delivered a 
great many orations and addresses, and many of them have been published. His death 
was mourned by his native state, and he received public funeral honors in Boston. 




Born Boston. 
November 29, 181 1 



WENDELL PHILLIPS 

Orator, Reformer 



Died Boston, 
February 2, 18 



Wendell Phillips, son of John Phillips, first mayor of Boston, was a graduate 
of Harvard College in 1831 and of the Harvard Law School in 1833. He was ad- 
mitted to the Suffolk, bar in 1834. Becoming active, however, in the anti-slavery 
agitation, he soon abandoned his profession, as he could not conscientiously sub- 
scribe to the Constitution of the United States, which then countenanced slavery. 
Mr. Phillips by his great powers of oratory, which have been seldom excelled in 
the United States, accomplished much for the cause of the abolition of slavery, and 
was an earnest coworker with William Lloyd Garrison in that great movement. 
He was president of the American Anti-slavery Society from 1865 to its dissolu- 
tion in 1870. He was also widely known as a public lecturer, his grace and elo- 
quence mak'ng him popular on the lecture platform. 




Born Windham, Me., 
May 31, j8i8 



JOHN ALBION ANDREW 

War Governor of Massachusetts 



Died Boston, 
October 30, 1867 



John Albion Andrew, having studied law after his graduation at Bowdoin Col- 
lege in 1837, wag admitted to the bar in 1840. He early became interested in the 
anti-slavery movement in Massachusetts, and rendered legal service in fugitive 
slave cases. Having been elected to the House of Representatives of Massachu- 
setts in 1858 and having been a delegate to the Republican Convention which nomi- 
nated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency in i860, he was elected in the latter 
year governor of Massachusetts. His services as governor from 1861 to 1865, 
embracing the period of the Civil War, were discharged with the utmost fidelity, and 
he was often a counsellor of President Lincoln in affairs of state. Governor Andrew 
practically gave his life to the cause of the suppression of slavery, for he died less 
than three years after the close of the Civil War. 




WILLIAM THOMAS GREEN MORTON 

^^TugS^xSxT^^' First Demonstrator of Ether ^'^^^j^.I^xsas''-''- 

\Mlliam Thomas Green Morton left his father's farm when a lad, and came to 
Boston, but, being unsuccessful in business, studied dentistry in the city of Balti- 
more, and later established himself in Boston. Being told that sulphuric ether would 
subdue pain, he made experiments which confirmed this belief, and on October i6, 
1846, at the request of Dr. John Collins Warren, he administered ether successfully 
in a surgical operation, for the first time, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 
Boston. Other claimants for the great honor appeared, but Dr. Morton is acknowl- 
edged to be the first demonstrator of the use of ether in surgery. 




Born Boston, 
April 3, 1822 



EDWARD EVERETT HALE 

Clergyman, Author 



Died Boston, 
June 10, 1909 



Edward Everett Hale, who was of distinguished New England ancestry, was 
graduated at Harvard College in 1839. After receiving a theological education, 
he was from 1846 'to 1856 pastor of the Church of the Unity in Worcester, Mass 
He then removed to Boston, having become minister of the South Congregational 
Society of that city, and remained in that pastorate until his death. In addition to 
being eminent as a preacher, he was a voluminous writer, and some of his stories, 
notably "The Man without a Country," have become classics. Dr Hale was active 
in numberless organizations for the uplifting of humanity and vvhen he died, was 
deeply mourned in the community. He was chaplain of the United States Senate 
at the time of his death. 




Born Boston, 
September i6, 1823 



FRANCIS PARKMAN 
Historian 



Died Boston, 
November 8, 1893 



Francis Parkman was graduated at Harvard College in 1844 and at the Har- 
vard Law School in 1846, but he did not practise that profession, for he decided early 
in life to devote his energies to literature. With this end in view, he travelled ex- 
tensively while yet a young man, and visited historic localities and Indian tribes 
from Maine to the Rocky Mountains, his object being to write a history of the 
pioneer period of the United States and Canada. In 1851 he published his "Con- 
spiracy of Pontiac," and this was followed as the years passed, in spite of almost 
continuous physical suffering, by a series of publications bearing the general title 
of " France and England in America," which form an enduring contribution to Ameri- 
can historical literature. 




PHILLIPS BROOKS 

Born Boston. ProtCStant EpisCOpal Bishop Died Boston, 

December 13, 1835 of Massachusetts January 23, 1893 

Phillips Brooks, after his graduation at Harvard College in 1855, taught at the 
Boston Latin School, and later studied at the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, 
Va. He was ordained to the ministry in 1859, and was then rector successively 
of the Church of the Advent and the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia, 
Pa. In 1869 he returned to his native city, and became rector of Trinity Church, 
where he remained until 1891, when he was elected bishop of Massachusetts. Fill- 
ing the episcopate less than two years, his sudden death was the occasion of public 
mourning seldom equalled in Boston, and his funeral at Trinity Church was a pub- 
lic demonstration of love and respect. His statue in Boston, built by the contri- 
butions of the people, is a tribute to his power for good. 




ROBERT GOULD SHAW 

Born Boston, o ij' r i.1- r^' *l ii7 Killed at Fort Wagner. S.C., 

October lo, 18^7 Soldier of the Civil War juiy is, 1863 

Robert Gould Shaw, a graduate of Harvard College in 1S60, entered the service 
of his country early in the Civil War, and was an officer in the Second Regiment, 
M. V. M. In 1863 he was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth Regiment, 
M. V. M., by Governor Andrew. This was the first of the colored regiments to 
be raised in the North for service in the war. Colonel Shaw left Boston for the 
seat of war May 28, 1863, proud to march at the head of his colored troops. Less 
than two months later he fell at the head of his regiment at the assault on Fort 
Wagner, and was Iniricd in a trench with those of his command who were killed. 
Colonel Shaw is immortalized in his native city by the Shaw Memorial on Beacon 
Street, opposite the State House. 



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